HOWARD ANNEX
Rebecca Corlee
(Howard) Biles Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 16 July 2022
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Origin of
the surname “Howard:”
Generation
6
5 Elisha
Howard
1. Biographical notes:
Born. Died .
2. Wife:
Susie Davis
Born. Died .
3. Children: (perhaps others)
a. Daniel Perry Howard: See generation 4,
below.
4 Daniel
Perry Howard
1. Biographical notes:
Born 14 June 1823 in New York. Died 13 February
1910 in Clay County, Minnesota
1870 US Census: Daniel Howard,
age 47 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Colona
Township (Colona Post Office), Henry County, Illinois. His real estate was valued at $3,000, and his
personal property was valued at $450.
The household also included his daughter, Minnie Howard, age 12 (b. IL);
son, Frank Howard, age 10 (b. IL); and son, Guy Howard, age 8 (b. (IL).
1880 US Census: Daniel P.
Howard, age 56 (b. NYS; parents b. VT) and employed as a merchant, was heading
a household in Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois. The household also included his wife, Melisse Howard, age 37 (b. OH; father b. Ireland; mother b.
PA); son, Henry C. Howard, age 5 (b. IL); son, Harvey Howard, age 4 (b. IL);
and son, "Bub" Howard, age 1 (b. IL).
1895 MN Census: D. P. Howard, age 72 (b. NYS), resided in the
household headed by his son, G. Howard, age 31 (b. IL) and employed as a
railroad brakeman, in the City of Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota. He had resided in Minnesota for 13 years and
in that enumeration district for 13 years.
His son had resided in Minnesota for 15 years.
1900 US Census: Daniel P.
Howard, age 77 (b. Jun 1823 in NYS; parents b. VT) and widowed, with no record of
employment, resided in the household headed by his son, Guy Howard, age 27 (b.
NYS) in the City of Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota. Of interest, the household headed by Daniel's
son, Harvey Howard, age 24, was enumerated after him on the same census page.
1905 MN Census: D. P. Howard,
age 82 (b. NYS; parents b. VT) and employed as a farmer, resided with his son,
Guy Howard, age 43 (b. IL) and Guy's family, at Barnesville, Humboldt Township,
Clay County, Minnesota. He had been a
resident of Minnesota for 24 years, and of census enumeration district 11 for
12 years. His son, Guy had resided in
Census District 11 for 20 years.
2. Wife #1: Lucretia Mary Wells
a. Biographical notes:
Born 23 October 1834 at Massena, St. Lawrence
County, New York; daughter of Elihu N. (b. 7 Sep 1794 in VT, d. 28 Sep 1836 in Henry Co.,
IL) and Phoebe (Hoisington)
Wells (b. 22 Jun 1796 in VT, d. 8 Aug
1882 in Henry Co., IL). Died 5/9 March
1865 at Geneseo, Henry County, Illinois; interred
Dayton Cemetery, Colona, Henry County, Illinois. Married Daniel P. Howard on
14 August 1853 (license issued 10 Aug 1953) in Henry County, Illinois.
b. Children:
(1. Minnie Howard: Born about 1858 in Illinois. Died 1937. Married Charles Orville
Gregory (b. 1852) on 27 August 1877 in Rock Island County, Illinois.
(2. Frank K. Howard: Born about 1859 in
Illinois. Died 1949. Married Olive Branch Wood
on 22 November 1888 in Clay County, Minnesota.
(3. Draun Howard: (male)
Born about 1860 in Illinois. Died as an infant.
(4. Guy Howard: Born about 1863 in Illinois. Died 1941. Married Cora Ellen Wood (b.
1868, d. 1943) on 14 November 1885 in Clay County, Minnesota.
3. Wife #2: Melissa Walsh
a. Biographical notes:
Born 1843; daughter of Daniel
and Mathilda Berryhill
(Dunlap) Walsh. Died 1904. Married Daniel Howard on 4
September 1873 in Rock Island County, Illinois.
b. Children:
(1. Henry C. Howard: Born 1874. Died 1937.
(2.
Harvey Howard: See generation 3, below.
(3. Ora Howard: Born 1879.
(4. Claude "Bub"
Howard: Born 1879.
(5. Clyde Paul Howard: Born 1881. Died 1894.
3 Harvey
Howard
1. Biographical notes:
Born September 1875 in New York; daughter of George W. and Lydia M. (Baker)
Wood.
Died 3 June 1926 at Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota.
1900 US Census: Harvey Howard, age 24 (b. Sep 1875
in NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a baggage man, was heading a household
in the City of Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota. The household also included his wife of 1
year, Maud Howard, age 23 (b. May 1877 in IN; father
b. OH; mother b. NYS), who had had no children.
Of interest, the household headed by his brother, Guy Howard, age 37,
was enumerated before him on the same census page.
1910 US Census: Harvey Howard, age 35 (b. IL; father
b. NYS; mother b. IL) and employed as a salesman in the confectionary industry,
was heading a household on Madison Avenue in the City of Barnesville, Clay
County, Minnesota. He had been married
once. The household also included his
wife of 12 years, Maude P. Howard, age 33 (b. MN; father b. OH; mother b. MN),
who had had 4 children, all still alive; son, Floyd W. Howard, age 9 (b. MN);
daughter, Zella M. Howard, age 5 (b. MN); daughter, Ethlyn G. Howard, age 2 (b. MN); son, baby Howard, age 0
months (b. MN); and servant, Rose Holst, age 23 (b.
MN; parents b. Norway) and single.
1920 US Census: Harvey Howard, age 44 (b. NYS;
parents b. IL) and employed as a railroad laborer, was heading a household on
Broadway in the City of Barnesville, Humboldt Township, Clay County,
Minnesota. The household also included
his wife, Maud Howard, age 42 (b. IN; father b. OH; mother b. MN) and employed
as a clerk in a store; son, Floyd W. Howard, age 19 (b. MN), single, and not
employed; daughter, Zella M. Howard, age 15 (b. MN);
daughter, Ethelyn Howard, age 12 (b. MN); and son,
Donald E. Howard, age 9 (b. MN).
2. Wife:
Maude Pearl Wood
Born 14 May 1877 in Clay Townshiop, Cass
County, Indiana; daughter of George
W. and Lydia M. (Baker) Wood. Died 6 March 1965 in Hennepin
County, Minnesota.
3. Children:
a. Floyd Wood Howard: See generation 2,
below.
b. Zella May Howard: Born
24 August 1904 at Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota. Died 3 June 1975 in
Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Married Frank Edwin Ferris (b. 19 Jan 1905 in Crow Wing Co., MN, d. 10 Jun 1991 in Anoka Co., MN) on 19 June 1931 in Hennepin
County, Minnesota.
c. Ethelyn Grace Howard:
Born 8 June 1907 at Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota. Died May 1977 at Vancouver,
Clark County, Washington. Married
Dwight Neill Johnson (b. 12 Sep 1903 in Lyons Twp, Lyon Co., MN, d. 18 Feb 1944
in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN) on 19 April 1936 in
Lyon County, Minnesota.
d. Donald Everett Howard: Born 15 April 1910 at
Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota. Died September 1974 at Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.
2 Floyd Wood Howard
1. Biographical notes:
Born 9 July 1900 at Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota. Died June 1974 at
Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.
1930 US Census: Floyd W. Howard, age 29 (b. MN;
father b. WI; mother b. MN) and employed as a trucker for the railway, was
heading a household at 1225 Fourth Street in the City of Havre, Hill County,
Montana. He married 1st at age 25. The household also included his wife, Dora
Howard, age 28 (b. MN; parents b. MN), who married 1st at age 23; son, Floyd
Howard, age 4 years and 7 months (b. IL); and daughter, Rebecca Howard, age 3
years and 3 months (b. MN).
1940 US Census: Floyd W. Howard, age 40 (b. MN) and
employed as an inventory supervisor for the State, was heading a household at
2386 Gregson Street in the City of Salem, Marion
County, Oregon. He had completed 2 years
of high school, and his residence was valued at $2,200. The household also included his wife, Dora A.
Howard, age 38 (b. MN), who had completed 2 years of high school; son, Floyd W.
Howard, age 14 (b. IL); daughter, Rebecca C. Howard, age 13 (b. MN); daughter,
Donna L. Howard, age 9 (b. MT); son, Donald C. Howard, age 7 (b. OR); son, Robert
E. Howard, age 3 (b. OR); and brother, Donald E. Howard, age 30 (b. MN) and
employed as a clerk for a school survey project, who had completed 2 years of
high school. On 1 April 1935 Floyd and
his family resided in the same house; his brother, Donald resided in
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
2. Wife:
Theadora Amanda Hafstad
"Dora"
Born about 1902 in Minnesota; daughter of Andreas Marius and Jorgine Otilie (Tovsdatter) Hafstad. Died .
3. Children:
a. Floyd Wood Howard, Jr.: Born 8 August 1925 in
Illinois. Died 23
February 1945.
b. Rebecca Corlee
Howard: See generation 1, below.
c. Donna Lynette Howard: Born 10 August 1929 in the
City of Havre, Hill County, Montana. Died 18 June 2007.
d. Donald Charles Howard: Born 1933 in Oregon. Died December 2019 in Lane
County, Oregon.
e. Robert Eugene Howard: Born 25 August 1936 in
Oregon. Died 21
February 2015.
1 Rebecca Corlee Howard: (also seen: Corley)
Born 16
January 1928
in Minnesota. Died 16 December
2021 in Dallas Township, Polk County, Oregon. Married Harold Wilson Biles,
descendant # 4.2 of generation 11 of the Descendants of John Addison Biles.
See Harold's
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